Tag: smarty-plants
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They know what they’re doing
Interesting picture at one of the Enid history FB pages. It’s an aerial shot of the abandoned Trail Drivein theater. Appears to be a trucking company next door, and they’ve used the back end of the quarter-circle to store trailers. (Now it’s the Trailer Drivein! Yuk yuk yuk.) Trees are taking over the main part […]
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Speaking of extra senses….
Denyse at MindMatters cites a fascinating new study on plant intelligence. TL-DR: Climbing bean plants can sense where a vertical pole is without having to feel around. No trial and error, no obvious negative feedback. The tendrils just drive straight toward the nearest vertical thing. The researchers are trying to use this as evidence of […]
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Time scales
Kirn pointed to this fascination with plant intelligence. “Another example of how living things are all animated, just at different time scales.” The video shows how tendrils seek a support. Plant intelligence is an odd branch of science. It’s been known forever by farmers and beekeepers and others who work with plants, and it’s been […]
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More Xirn Xibbles
Kirn is making a strong point here, but I can still find a way to quibble! Note to my bumptious unorthodox younger friends: Lots of tricky “honey pots” on this site right now meant to draw you by degrees into anti-whomever grunting neo-primitivism so you can go on a big list to be used against […]
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